Three drones shot down; pigeon shooters quit early EHRHARDT, S.C. ––Losing three video drones to gunfire, Showing Animals Respect & Kindness (SHARK) nonetheless believes it won what might be termed the Third Battle of Broxton’s Bridge, South Carolina. SHARK had apparently already delayed the start of a scheduled four-day, six-station pigeon shoot by two days […]

Leading influence on rise of animal rights movement Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 1929-1968, in whose honor we celebrate Martin Luther King Day, never had any visible direct involvement with animals or animal issues––but he is justly remembered among the greatest influences on the animal rights movement of our time, and the many […]

Said of marine mammal parks, “We’re all showing our age, but I don’t have to pass building inspections.” FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida––Russ Rector, 69, a former Ocean World dolphin trainer whose campaigns on behalf of marine mammals later closed Ocean World, unexpectedly died from natural causes at about 10:00 p.m. on January 7, 2018. Though […]

More than 100 Atlantic Canadians turn out to help in sub-zero cold HALIFAX, Nova Scotia––Farley Mowat, whose 1972 book A Whale for the Killing helped to transform human attitudes toward whales worldwide, would have been gratified by the scene on January 1, 2018 at Rainbow Haven Beach, just east of Halifax, Nova Scotia. On […]

What if the MOVE cofounders had attended Cambridge, or the Best Friends cofounders had come from inner Philadelphia? KANAB, Utah; PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania––Cult leader, mass murderer, and serial killer Charles Manson died in Kern County, California on November 19, 2017, thereby completing nine concurrent life sentences in custody of the California Department of Corrections & […]

Others have tried for nearly 200 years ASHEVILLE, North Carolina––“We’re a traditional dog and cat rescue group,” opened Brother Wolf Animal Rescue community outreach manager Caitlin Campbell in a recent media release, “and we’ve started a campaign to encourage fellow animal rescue groups across the country to adopt a public vegan policy in response to the […]

UPDATE: Opponents of Kaporos will on September 28, 2017 hold a candlelight vigil in Borough Park, Brooklyn, co-hosted by the Animal Cruelty Exposure Fund, Their Turn, NYCLASS, Long Island Orchestrating for Nature, New York Farm Animal Save, New York Animal Defenders, and the Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos, a project of United Poultry Concerns. […]

Mahoney moved more than 200 chimps & monkeys to sanctuaries ahead of scheduled transfer to other labs James Mahoney, DVM, 77, “passed away on September 6, 2017 as a result of complications of Lyme disease,” International Primate Protection League founder Shirley McGreal announced on September 20. Remembered as the “Oskar Schindler of laboratory primates,” after […]

Burns remained on the job to her final days HONOLULU, Hawaii––Pamela Burns, 65, Hawaiian Humane Society chief executive since 1990, on September 18, 2017 “died peacefully at her home after taking a leave of absence approximately a week ago for health reasons,” the humane society announced. Burns, who was among the longest tenured humane society […]